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Ward Wood is a Actor American born on 8 april 1924 at Los Angeles (USA)
Ward Wood (April 8, 1924 - November 3, 2001), was an American actor and television writer. Wood was probably best known for his recurring role as police Lt. Art Malcolm in the TV series Mannix 1968-1975.
Born in California, Wood broke into acting in 1943, but very quickly took a hiatus to enlist as a Marine in World War II to avenge the death of his brother Charles, who was also an actor and also a Marine, after Charles was killed in action in the Pacific. After the war, Ward Wood returned to acting in 1947, and was active until the early 1980s.
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Born in California, Wood broke into acting in 1943, but very quickly took a hiatus to enlist as a Marine in World War II to avenge the death of his brother Charles, who was also an actor and also a Marine, after Charles was killed in action in the Pacific. After the war, Ward Wood returned to acting in 1947, and was active until the early 1980s.
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The Proud and Profane (1956)
, 1h51Directed by George Seaton, Joseph L. McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors William Holden, Deborah Kerr, Thelma Ritter, Dewey Martin, William Redfield, Ross Bagdasarian
Roles Sergeant Chester Peckinpaugh
Rating61%
In Noumea, New Caledonia 1943, Lee Ashley (Kerr), the widow of a Paramarine Lieutenant killed on the Battle of Bloody Ridge on Guadalcanal has joined the American Red Cross on the island to entertain American servicemen. Her leader at the service club, Kate Connors (Ritter) had initially been reluctant to have her assigned to New Caledonia lest she use her position as a pilgrimage to find out about her late husband. In addition to entertaining, serving the soldiers and giving French lessons, the Red Cross women are expected to help with the wounded — which Lee initially refuses to do.
Shotgun (1955)
, 1h20Directed by Lesley Selander
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Sterling Hayden, Yvonne De Carlo, Zachary Scott, Robert J. Wilke, John M. Pickard, Ralph Sanford
Roles Ed
Rating59%
Clay Hardin, l'adjoint du shérif Mark Fletcher, promet de venger son chef, assassiné par le dangereux Ben Thompson. Pendant ses recherches dans le Far West, Hardin croise la route d'un chasseur de primes accompagnée de sa femme, Abby. Elle sait où se trouve le meurtrier : il s'apprête à vendre des armes à ses alliés indiens...
The Bushwhackers (1952)
, 1h10Directed by Rodney Amateau, Rod Amateau
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Western
Actors John Ireland, Wayne Morris, Lawrence Tierney, Dorothy Malone, Lon Chaney, Jr., Jack Elam
Roles Henchman #2
Rating56%
Tired of killing, war veteran Jefferson Waring rides west, but in Missouri he sees "squatters" mowed down by men working for rich, ruthless Artemus Taylor.
Carbine Williams (1952)
, 1h32Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography, Crime
Themes Mafia films, Prison films, Gangster films
Actors James Stewart, John Smith, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid, Paul Stewart
Rating68%
The film follows the life of David Marshall Williams (James Stewart), who was a member of the Winchester team that invented the semi-automatic M1 Carbine used in World War II. Williams was found distilling illegal moonshine, and was held responsible for the death of a federal officer during a raid on his still. He was sentenced to thirty years hard labor. He cycled through the prison system, until a firm, but compassionate warden, H.T. Peoples (Wendell Corey), allowed him to work in a prison tool shop. There, he invented the gas system for his famous rifle. Williams was released from prison in 1929 and worked with Winchester Firearms on development of the M1 Carbine.
Union Station (1950)
, 1h21Directed by Rudolph Maté
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors William Holden, Nancy Olson, Barry Fitzgerald, Lyle Bettger, Jan Sterling, Allene Roberts
Roles Patrolman (uncredited)
Rating67%
In this police thriller that partly takes place in Chicago Union Station (though filmed instead at Los Angeles Union Station), a railroad policeman, William Calhoun, is approached at work by an apprehensive passenger named Joyce Willecombe (Nancy Olson) who believes that two travelers aboard her train may have been up to no good.
Battleground (1949)
, 1h58Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Van Johnson, John Hodiak, George Murphy, Ricardo Montalbán, James Whitmore, Don Taylor
Rating73%
In mid-December 1944 Pvt. Jim Layton (Marshall Thompson) and his buddy Pvt. William J. Hooper are fresh replacements assigned to separate companies in the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. As a newcomer Layton receives a chilly welcome. PFC Holley (Van Johnson) returns to the company after recuperating from a wound.
Samson and Delilah (1949)
, 2h11Directed by Cecil B. DeMille
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Fantasy, Adventure, Historical, Peplum, Romance
Themes Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Hedy Lamarr, Victor Mature, George Sanders, Angela Lansbury, Henry Wilcoxon, Fay Holden
Rating67%
Samson, a Danite Hebrew placed under Nazirite vows from birth by his mother Hazelelponit, is engaged to a Philistine woman named Semadar. At their wedding feast, Samson loses a bet with his wedding guests because of Semadar and attacks thirty Philistines to strip them of their cloaks to pay his betting debt. When his deeds become known, Semadar and her father Tubal are killed; Samson becomes a hunted man and in his fury he begins fighting the Philistines. The Saran of Gaza imposes heavy taxes on the Danites, with the purpose of having Samson betrayed by his own people. The Saran's plan works, and frustrated Danites hand over Samson to the Philistines, much to the joy of Delilah, Semadar's younger sister. Samson is taken by Prince Ahtur, the military governor of the land of Dan, and a regiment of Philistine troops. En route back to Gaza, Ahtur decides to taunt Samson. Samson rips apart his chains and ropes and begins to combat the Philistines, toppling Ahtur's war chariot and using the jawbone of an ass to club the Philistine soldiers to death.
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
, 1h46Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors John Wayne, Gail Russell, Gig Young, Adele Mara, Luther Adler, Eduard Franz
Roles Young Sailor
Rating63%
The focus of the film is the deadly rivalry between two men of the sea. Ship's captain Ralls (John Wayne) nurses a long-standing grudge against shipping magnate Mayrant Ruysdaal Sidneye (Luther Adler). The reason for the animosity: Sidneye stole away Ralls' love, Angelique (Gail Russell).
Whispering Smith (1948)
, 1h25Directed by Leslie Fenton
Origin USA
Genres Action, Western
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Alan Ladd, Robert Preston, Brenda Marshall, Donald Crisp, Fay Holden, William Demarest
Roles Leroy Barton
Rating65%
The bad Barton boys—Blake, Leroy and Gabby—rob a train and shoot a guard. Luke Smith, known as "Whispering" to some for his quiet, sly ways, is a detective for the railroad, sent to investigate.
Ramrod (1947)
, 1h35Directed by André de Toth
Origin USA
Genres Western
Actors Joel McCrea, Veronica Lake, Don DeFore, Donald Crisp, Preston Foster, Arleen Whelan
Roles Link Thoms
Rating66%
Connie Dickason (Veronica Lake) is the strong-willed daughter of a ranch owner (Charles Ruggles), who is under the control of powerful local cattleman Frank Ivey (Preston Foster), a man her father once wanted Connie to marry. Connie instead takes up with a sheep rancher who is run out of town by Ivey. She inherits the man's land.
Directed by Ray Taylor, Lewis D. Collins
Origin USA
Genres War, Adventure
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Johnny Downs, Bobby Jordan, Ward Wood, William Benedict, Eduardo Ciannelli, Regis Toomey
Roles Scrapper McKay
Rating60%
Flying students Danny Collins (Johnny Downs), "Jinx" Roberts (Bobby Jordan), "Scrapper" McKay (Ward Wood) and "Zombie" Parker (William Benedict) are suspected of a series of murders perpetrated by engineer, Arthur Galt (Robert Armstrong) operating as a Nazi agent known as the Black Hangman. He has disposed of several people who accompanied him on an expedition which located lost helium deposits in Africa.
Air Force (1943)
, 2h4Directed by Howard Hawks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Action, Adventure, Historical
Themes Politique, Transport films, Aviation films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors John Garfield, John Ridgely, Gig Young, Harry Carey, Charles Drake, John Arthur Kennedy
Roles Radio Operator Peterson
Rating69%
On December 6, 1941, at Hamilton Field, near San Francisco, a United States Army Air Corps B-17D bomber Mary-Ann and its crew are being readied for a flight across the Pacific.